Arvicola italicus

Savi, 1838

Italian Water Vole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Tribe : Arvicolini
Genus : Arvicola

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Savi, P. 1838. Sopra le due grosse specie di Arvicole o Topi-Talpini della Toscana. Nuovo Giornale de' Letterati, Pisa 37:200-207.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hw28gh?urlappend=%3Bseq=948%3Bownerid=27021597768226073-1010

Original name as described

Arvicola amphibius var. italica

Type locality

vicinity of Pisa, Italy.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Italy · Switzerland · Slovenia

Taxonomy notes

split from A. amphibius

Taxonomy notes citation

Gippoliti, S. (2012). The name of the Italian water vole Arvicola cf. amphibius (Linnaeus, 1758). Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 23(2), 88-90. · Kryštufek, B., Koren, T., Engelberger, S., Horváth, G. F., Purger, J. J., Arslan, A., ... & Murariu, D. (2015). Fossorial morphotype does not make a species in water voles. Mammalia, 79(3), 293-303. · Mahmoudi, A., Maul, L. C., Khoshyar, M., Darvish, J., Aliabadian, M., & Kryštufek, B. (2020). Evolutionary history of water voles revisited: Confronting a new phylogenetic model from molecular data with the fossil record. Mammalia, 84(2), 171-184. · Chevret, P., Renaud, S., Helvaci, Z., Ulrich, R. G., Quéré, J. P., & Michaux, J. R. (2020). Genetic structure, ecological versatility, and skull shape differentiation in Arvicola water voles (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 00, 1-12.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002038

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Arvicola destructor

Savi, 1838

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

destructor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

204

Authority publication

Nuovo Giornale de' Letterati, Pisa

Name usages

  1. Savi (1838:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69198)
  2. Keyserling & Blasius (1841:333, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37115953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39764)
  3. Lesson (1842:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Crespon (1844:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38970)
  5. Murray (1866:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  6. Graells (1897:504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36065)
  7. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  8. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola amphibius var. italica

Savi, 1838

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

italicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

202

Authority page URI

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hw28gh?urlappend=%3Bseq=948%3Bownerid=27021597768226073-1010

Authority publication

Nuovo Giornale de' Letterati, Pisa

Name usages

  1. Savi (1838:202, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hw28gh?urlappend=%3Bseq=948%3Bownerid=27021597768226073-1010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69198)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Arvicola Pertinax

Savi, 1838

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pertinax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

203

Authority publication

Nuovo Giornale de' Letterati, Pisa

Name usages

  1. Savi (1838:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69198)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola Musignani

de Sélys-Longchamps, 1839

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

musignani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2299195

Authority publication

Revue zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne

Name usages

  1. Sélys-Longchamps (1839:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2299195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68648)
  2. Bocage (1865:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26223352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69171)
  3. Miller (1912:744, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422063) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola Musignani Var. fuliginosus

de Sélys-Longchamps, 1845

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fuliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

322

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6772114

Authority publication

Milan

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola amphibius Vix var. minor

de Sélys-Longchamps, 1845

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum · preoccupied

Authority page

322

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6772114

Authority publication

Milan

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Ochetomys destructor

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

destructor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476791

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Ochetomys pertinax

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pertinax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

104

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476790

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Arvicola Musiniani

Lataste, 1883

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

musiniani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

246

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33927398

Authority publication

Le Naturaliste

Microtus musignani

(G. S. Miller, 1896)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

musignani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811358

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Miller (1896:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14564)

Arvicola musignanoi

Trouessart, 1910

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

musignanoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

x, 196

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9372225 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9372404

Authority publication

Berlin

Arvicola italicus

G. S. Miller, 1912

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

italicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

740

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422059

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Miller (1912:740, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  2. Gippoliti (2013:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25250)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Gatta, Kotsakis, Pandolfi, Petronio, Salari, Achino, Silvestri & Rolfo (2019:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41206)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  8. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002038) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Arvicola italicus destructor

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

destructor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

193

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola italicus italicus

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

italicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

193

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

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